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folium

[ foh-lee-uhm ]

noun

, plural fo·li·a [foh, -lee-, uh].
  1. a thin leaflike stratum or layer; a lamella.
  2. Geometry. a loop; part of a curve terminated at both ends by the same node. Equation: x 3 + y 3 = 3 axy.


folium

/ ˈfəʊlɪəm /

noun

  1. a plane geometrical curve consisting of a loop whose two ends, intersecting at a node, are asymptotic to the same line. Standard equation: x ³ + y ³=3a xy where x = y +a is the equation of the line
  2. any thin leaflike layer, esp of some metamorphic rocks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

folium

/ lē-əm /

, Plural folia

  1. A thin, leaflike layer or stratum occurring especially in metamorphic rock.
  2. A plane cubic curve having a single loop, a node, and two ends asymptotic to the same line.
  3. Also called folium of Descartes
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Word History and Origins

Origin of folium1

1840–50; < New Latin, Latin: literally, a leaf
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Word History and Origins

Origin of folium1

C19: from Latin, literally: leaf
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Example Sentences

Look with insight into a small corner of the musical past, we learn from Savall, and history itself is folia writ large.

On my way to something else on YouTube, I happened on a word that invariably stops me dead: “folia,” meaning “madness” in several languages.

The host fungus for Liparis lilii­folia wasn’t common in the wild, but the orchid would germinate if the fungus was added.

When the bands of folia are very fine and tortuous the structure is called helizitic.

Of these, among the earliest to present themselves are usually the micas, that impart their characteristic silvery sheen to the surfaces of the folia along which they spread.

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